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Geology has long been a puzzling science. The theory of plate techtonics advanced geographical study immensely but plate techtonics can't explain the Black Hills or the walls of chalk in the fertile Kansas basin. What else has been and is creating the landscape of North America?
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The biggest US state is full of superlatives. Denali, the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet, is still rising, pushed upward as a tectonic plate collides from the south. The collision has also created huge mountains along Alaska's Gulf Coast, where humid coastal air has produced the largest subpolar icefield in North America. The exceptional heights of Alaska's mountains are mirrored below sea level by the 22,377-foot-deep trench of the...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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2009
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IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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As we look back to the beginnings of the space race, 2009 is also the year for looking forward to humankind's next step toward the stars. In the spirit of books that once imagined colonies on the moon, Patrick O'Brien has created a unique look at your first trip to Mars. Using the most up-to-date designs and theories of what it will take to establish a base on Mars, you are off on an incredible journey, over 35 million miles to the red planet. Filled...
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"In Underland, Macfarlane delivers his masterpiece: an epic exploration of the Earth's underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. He takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Traveling through "deep time"--The dizzying expanses of geologic time that stretch away from the present--he moves from the birth of the universe...
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The first of John McPhee's works in his series on geology and geologists, Basin and Range is a book of journeys through ancient terrains, always in juxtaposition with travels in the modern world--a history of vanished landscapes, enhanced by the histories of people who bring them to light. The title refers to the physiographic province of the United States that reaches from eastern Utah to eastern California, a silent world of austere beauty, of hundreds...
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Viking Books for Young Readers
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©2020
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm.
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"From the Grand Canyon to volcanos to diamonds and fossils, geology--the study of rocks--shows us where we've been and where we're going. With tons of humor and scores of fascinating facts, [the author] introduces younger readers to geology and why rocks matter . . . enough to write a whole book about them." -- Adapted from publisher.
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In 1980, the science world was stunned when a maverick team of researchers proposed that a massive meteor strike had wiped the dinosaurs and other fauna from the Earth 66 million years ago. Scientists found evidence for this theory in a 'crater of doom' on the Yucatan Peninsula that showed our planet has been the target in a galactic shooting gallery. Seeking to develop 'neocatastrophism' even further, Michael R. Rampino adds to this exciting field...
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El desarrollo de un libro sobre el carbón, y su utilización es una tarea compleja, pues implica abordarlo como un producto de la naturaleza que posee características variables, diversas propiedades y multiples usos, el cual ha sido objeto de gran cantidad de estudios e investigaciones. Así, el hecho de que sea un combustible fósil lleva a recapitular las condiciones ambientales y geológicas que lo formaron en el remoto pasado, de manera tal...
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This book tells the story of the province's geology and the history of its living creatures. The first edition of Geology of British Columbia,, with its accessible but rigorous science, struck a chord with readers. Since it was first published, theories about plate tectonics and the geological history of British Columbia have evolved, and this new edition reflects the current thinking. This book also features updated content throughout, seven new...
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La presente obra aborda uno de los procesos más intrigantes de la geología: el metamorfismo; el cual ha sido ampliamente difundido a través de la historia geológica de la Tierra y gran actor en su constitución. Testimonio de esto es el hecho de que las rocas metamórficas constituyen el 27,4 % del volumen de la corteza.
El papel protagónico del metamorfismo en la estructura de la Tierra se manifiesta igualmente en su capacidad para formar y...
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Son muy pocas las experiencias de estudios orientados a la evaluación integral del riesgo frente a amenazas naturales. Hasta el momento no existe una técnica que permita predecir con exactitud la ocurrencia de una erupción volcánica. Algunos de los fenómenos que presentan los volcanes tales como la actividad sísmica, la deformación del suelo, las emanaciones de gas o la actividad fumarólica, así como la composición química del agua y sus...
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Esta obra presenta una síntesis actualizada y ampliamente ilustrada del estado de conocimiento geológico de nuestro país. Cada uno de los artículos estuvo a cargo de diferentes investigadores, todos ellos profesores de la Escuela Centroamericana de Geología de la Universidad de Costa Rica, por lo que su contenido tiene enfoques muy variados y abarca todas las diferentes ramas de la Geología. Este libro no está dirigido solamente a los estudiantes...
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Downstate New York Rock Walks is both a hiking guidebook and a history book, calling attention to some of downstate New York's most spectacular and historic rocks: balanced rocks, perched rocks, rock shelters, talus caves, glacial potholes, split rocks, rock profiles, historic rocks, and massive, larger-than-life boulders.
Many large glacial erratics have a history going back thousands of years to when they were moved to their present location by...
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A medio camino entre la escala del Universo y la de las partículas atómicas, la estructura y composición de la Tierra responde a reacciones entre los elementos químicos, que dan origen a los más variados compuestos. Dentro de la geósfera los procesos han ocurrido bajo condiciones de presión y temperatura extremas, que han asociado los elementos por su afinidad geoquímica y, como consecuencia, los han separado en capas concéntricas (núcleo,...
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Help, I Have to Teach Rock and Mineral Identification and I'm Not a Geologist! is the definitive guide for teachers and home school parents who teach geology. This book provides the details that an elementary, middle school, or high school teacher or parent needs to adequately explain the properties of rocks and minerals and how to identify one sample from another.
The book includes: Detailed explanations of rock and mineral properties Suggested...
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Agriculture is primarily the uppermost important sector in Sudan, contributing significantly to the country's national economy. However, in spite of the country's vast cultivated area, productivity remains very low. The declining agricultural production is indicative of the need for adopting sustainable agricultural development approaches to the achieve country's food security. The attainment of sustainable agricultural production will require the...
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